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Could 4 day tests actually be brilliant? Or, how to make them so....

cnerd123

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Warner's not going to suddenly start making 100 (400) just because the Test can run for six weeks if it wants to. I think the extreme majority of non-weather affected Timeless Tests finished within 5 days anyway.
Oh I agree. At most it might go into the 6th, or at worst, 7th day. Modern cricketers used to playing 5 day cricket will not adapt their game to such a huge degree for a one-off timeless test. They'll probably sturggle a lot if they have to do so.

You'll still have exciting cricket, just with a guaranteed result, and no draws due to weather or due to negative cricket from a side like India who'd rather take the draw. It's all or nothing. Perfect for a Test Championship final

Timeless Tests are a nightmare for both the governing body-broadcaster complex (can we make this a thing?) and the fans at the ground. If a tour is to last a month and a half, how many Tests do you schedule? Do you schedule 3 Tests and watch the teams twiddle their thumbs for four weeks because they completed those Tests in 4 days each, or do you schedule 5 Tests and risk the teams playing out three 10 day Tests in the allotted period instead? Then you've got to cancel two Tests because you can't miss your steamboat back home. Even a timeless Test needs a limit to make things simpler and comfortably predictable for everyone involved. This might have been a reason why we settled on a 5 day limit to begin with. Nerds from the CW book club to confirm/deny.
Only one-off as a final to the Test Championship. I'm sure that can be arranged. Definitely do not want Timeless Tests as the norm.
 

vic_orthdox

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Interestingly spoke to a couple of guys who used the Duke in Australia for a state 2nd XI game last year, reckoned it ended up swinging whole 80 overs and a lot tougher to deal with.

Been a knock on them not holding up all that well on Aus pitches, puts that to bed a little. But Kookaburra will never let it happen.
 

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